Maize (corn) — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,030 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 2,030 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Nigeria peaked at 2,233 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 573.1 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Nigeria 119th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 879.1 kg/ha | 760 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,023 kg/ha | 573.1 kg/ha | 1,372 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,328 kg/ha | 970.7 kg/ha | 1,644 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,260 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,663 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 2,196 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,685 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha | 1,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,061 kg/ha | 1,939 kg/ha | 2,233 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 116 Uganda 2,174 kg/ha compare
- 117 Timor-Leste 2,064 kg/ha compare
- 118 Djibouti 2,041 kg/ha compare
- 120 Sao Tome and Principe 2,004 kg/ha compare
- 121 Guadeloupe 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 121 Malawi 2,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Nigeria?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Nigeria was 2,030 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,233 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 573.1 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Nigeria rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 119th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.